The Cosmos Trilogy
The Cosmos Trilogy by Frederick Seidel, published by Macmillan on November 24, 2003, is a first edition poetry collection comprising 208 pages. This work presents a unique exploration of themes that traverse from celestial realms to earthly experiences, culminating in the urban landscape of Manhattan. Seidel’s poetry is characterized by its skillful and daring approach, offering readers a profound engagement with the complexities of existence.
In this trilogy, readers will encounter a journey that begins with The Cosmos Poems, moves through the Purgatorio of Life on Earth, and concludes with Area Code 212. The collection is noted for its intense and unflinching examination of life, reflecting a blend of American poetic tradition with a contemporary edge. The Cosmos Trilogy invites readers to reflect on the interplay between the divine and the mundane, making it a significant contribution to modern poetry.
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“You Can’t Like Seidel’s Poems–They’re Deliberately Virulent; You Can Only Gasp At Their Skill And Daring, Their Sickening Warp, Their Mercilessness.”*
Frederick Seidel’s highly acclaimed Cosmos Trilogy is a triple thunderclap of darkness from the poet whom Richard Poirier has recently called “the true heir of Walt Whitman” and of whose first book Robert Lowell wrote “[I] suspect the possibilities of modern poetry have been changed. Here is power that strikes.” Reversing the course of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Seidel’s trilogy begins in the heavens, with The Cosmos Poems, and descends, passing through the Purgatorio of Life on Earth to arrive in Manhattan in Area Code 212.
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